Mental health reforms to focus on young people, says PM

Media captionTheresa May: “If you suffer from mental health problems, there"s not enough help to hand” Plans to “transform” attitudes to mental health, with a focus on children and young people, have been announced by Theresa May.
Additional training for teachers, an extra £15m for community care, and improved support in the workplace were among measures announced by the PM.
Mental health experts said more funding was needed to improve services.
Mrs May"s speech comes as she outlined her plans to use the state to create a “shared society”.
The government says, at any time, one in four people has a mental disorder, with an annual cost of £105bn.
Figures show young people are affected disproportionately with over half of mental health problems starting by the age of 14 and 75% by 18.
The prime minister said mental health had been “dangerously disregarded” as secondary to physical health and changing that will go “right to the heart of our humanity”.
Young women "highe..

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How to lose votes and irritate people

SLYLY and without warning, on January 2nd Republican congressmen announced as their first major initiative of the new year a scheme so crassly self-interested as to suggest they had learned nothing from the old one. Denizens of a reviled institution, and a party railroaded by Donald Trump’s populist insurgency, the Republicans planned to gut the Office of Co..

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Ronaldo: People tell my son there are better players than me

The four-time Ballon d"Or winner tries to shield his son from criticism and would love to see him keep up the family tradition – as long as he does not play between the posts!
Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed his son does not always receive sympathetic treatment from football fans, who tell the ..

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When I grow up

Image copyright AP Image caption Pop stars like Justin Bieber are seen as potential role models – MPs less so It"s a familiar refrain when a pop singer or a sports star gets into trouble. They are supposed to be a role model, critics say, and they have abused their position and let everyone down.
But not everyone in the public eye generates this reaction when they misbehave. Politicians, even the famous ones, seem to be rarely considered in this way.
People might react with anger – or just roll their eyes – but the term “role model” is rarely used. Why not?
As well as selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability and openness, MPs are required by their code of conduct to show leadership – and to promote such qualities “by example”.
This certainly sounds like role model material. But the message isn"t getting across, says 20-year-old Chante Joseph, a former member of the National Youth Parliament.
Image copyright UK Parliament/ Roger Harris Image caption Chante Joseph ..

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UN a club for people to have good time - Trump

Image Caption: Donald Trump has dismissed the council which is tasked with ensuring global peace and security Donald Trump has criticised the United Nations days after the world body voted to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
The US President-elect said on Twitter that the UN had “such great potential”, but had become “just a ..

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Trump: UN a club for people to "have a good time"

Image Caption: Donald Trump has dismissed the council which is tasked with ensuring global peace and security Donald Trump has criticised the United Nations days after the world body voted to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
The US president-elect said on Twitter that the UN had “such great potential”, but had become “just a ..

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More than 3,000 people in Russia crash search

Video: Search teams look for Russia plane debris More than 3,000 rescuers are searching the Black Sea after a Russian military plane crashed on its way to Syria, the defence ministry has said.
All 84 passengers and eight crew members on the Tu-154 aircraft are believed to have died when it crashed two minutes after taking off from Sochi airport on Sunday.
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"We want to stay"

Image caption Polish shops are a regular sight on Erdington High Street In the immediate aftermath of the momentous vote that signalled the end of Britain"s membership of the EU, the BBC visited Erdington, which has been described as a “Little Poland”. The voters of the Birmingham suburb emphatically rejected the status quo, causing Poles to react with shock and fear for what the future might hold. Six months on from that surprise victory for Brexit, how does the expat community feel now?
“They"re here purely for money. They"re not here for the social aspects of life. They don"t contribute to the community spirit.”
Gerard Goshawk, a minister of Erdington Six Ways Baptist Church for over 10 years, was watching TV at home when he heard this withering verdict given by a Leave voter from Erdington to the BBC"s Panorama programme.
He was incensed.
“It really made me angry,” he said. “To suggest that people from Poland and other communities do not add to the commun..

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5 apps for meeting new people and dating for Android and iOS

If you are in a situation where you"d like to meet some new people, whether if it"s friendship or dating you"re after, smartphones are a great means to do so. There"s a good choice of socializing apps to consider. Log in and you will be able to look for folks that happen to live ..

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Villa: People with "nasty" opinions of MLS have never watched it

The New York City striker, who remains Spain"s all-time top goalscorer, says he feels as competitive as ever after being named the North American league"s Most Valuable Player
David Villa has claimed that people with “nasty” opinions of the quality of MLS have never watched a match in the..

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Latest Uber update lets you use people as destinations

Uber did a complete overhaul of its application in November and it turns out the company isn"t quite finished with the renovation process. Users of the popular transportation service are receiving one last update before the end of the year which does include a couple of interesting features.
Y..

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Four people connected to Berlin suspect arrested

Video: How did Berlin attacker escape detection? The chief federal prosecutor has confirmed four people who had been in contact with the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack have been arrested, according to reports.
A Europe-wide manhunt is underway for Anis Amri, a Tunisian asylum seeker who was known to police, amid questions on how he was able t..

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"He"s an amazing person and people don"t know the true Ronaldo" - Albiol

The World Cup winner, who spent four years at Real Madrid before joining Napoli in 2013, has praised the Portuguese superstar for his work off the pitch
Former Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol said that people do not know the true Cristiano Ronaldo as he lauded the generosity of the Ballon d"O..

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Guardiola: People are right - I only won at Barca because I had amazing players

The Manchester City coach says he fully agrees with those suggesting his trophy haul in Catalonia and Bayern Munich was a product of the talent at his disposal
Pep Guardiola says he will readily admit that his success at Barcelona and Bayern Munich was a product of the “amazing” players at his disp..

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More people come forward in football sex abuse scandal

Three more people have come forward to say they were abused by a coach as young footballers.
Jason Dunford and Chris Unsworth, speaking to BBC"s Victoria Derbyshire programme, allege they were victims of Barry Bennell, a former coach who sexually abused young boys across three decades from the 1970s onward.
The..

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The tower of silence

AT THE close of “The Candidate”, an Oscar-winning movie released in 1972, the protagonist, played by Robert Redford, marks his surprise election to the Senate by turning to his campaign chief and asking: “What do we do now?” Donald Trump, the state of the president-elect’s transition effort suggests, has had a few such moments since his victory over Hillary ..

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Obamasnare

Loved, soon to be lost
THE last time President Barack Obama counted, congressional Republicans had tried to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), his health-care law, more than 60 times. Donald Trump’s election victory means their efforts will no longer be in vain. Yet despite Republicans’ confidence in Obamacare’s shortcomings, what exactly will h..

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Torture evidence ignored by Home Office, says charity

Image copyright Will Baxter The Home Office is “disregarding and mistreating” medical evidence of torture in UK asylum claims, a report by a charity suggests.
Asylum seekers in the UK who say they are torture victims can have medical assessments to verify their claims.
But charity Freedom From Torture said judges were correcting poor judgements at “considerable cost to taxpayers”.
The Home Office said “an exceptionally small sample” was used in the report and all evidence was considered.
Sonya Sceats, director of policy and advocacy at Freedom From Torture, told the BBC"s Victoria Derbyshire programme its findings showed “egregious mishandling of medical evidence” in 50 cases over a two-year period, from January 2014 to December 2015.
Freedom From Torture produces medical reports when lawyers for asylum seekers who say they have suffered torture, instruct clinicians and other healthcare professionals at the charity to carry out detailed assessments.
But Ms Sceats said the Home ..

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Britain sleepwalking into care crisis, Ros Altmann warns

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lady Altmann was pensions minister in David Cameron"s government Britain is in danger of “sleepwalking into a social care crisis”, a former pensions minister has warned.
Ros Altmann called on the government to use tax breaks to help people save for care in later life, as she said the cost of funding provision was pushing the NHS in England to breaking point.
She said she warned other ministers of looming problems last year.
The Department of Health said it was significantly raising the funds local authorities have access to for care.
Lady Altmann, who was pensions minister under David Cameron, said the chancellor should use Wednesday"s Autumn Statement to offer incentives to help families “recognise the need” to prepare for care costs.
"Eldercare vouchers"”This should have been done years ago, but successive governments have failed to offer any help,” she said.
“Government spends billions on private pensions tax breaks..

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Britain sleepwalking into care crisis. Ros Altmann warns

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lady Altmann was pensions minister in David Cameron"s government Britain is in danger of “sleepwalking into a social care crisis”, a former pensions minister has warned.
Ros Altmann called on the government to use tax breaks to help people save for care in later life, as she said the cost of funding provision was pushing the NHS in England to breaking point.
She said she warned other ministers of looming problems last year.
The Department of Health said it was significantly raising the funds local authorities have access to for care.
Lady Altmann, who was pensions minister under David Cameron, said the chancellor should use Wednesday"s Autumn Statement to offer incentives to help families “recognise the need” to prepare for care costs.
"Eldercare vouchers"”This should have been done years ago, but successive governments have failed to offer any help,” she said.
“Government spends billions on private pensions tax breaks..

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